OHCHR confirms Bangladesh’s former government coordinated and committed human rights violations against its civilians in July protests.

When some of the world’s “authoritarian and repressive regimes” were elected as members of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) –including Cuba, China, Russia, Kazakhstan and the Democratic Republic of ...

The Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the US government’s ...

Weekends and public holidays are deadly for one of Sri Lanka’s most delicate ecosystems – that is when the island’s 8,815 hectares of mangroves come under threat.

WASHINGTON DC, Feb 6 2025 (IPS) - For centuries, innumerable countries were ruled by an entrenched, typically inherited, political class: the “aristocracy.” The term comes from the Ancient Greek words ...

As ongoing gang violence and unrest bring down the living conditions in Haiti, humanitarian groups sound the alarm on human ...

Alvaro Lario, IFAD President spoke of finding solutions in complex and uncertain global alliances, priorities and development ...

The climate crisis is severely endangering human well-being. While the climate security nexus is omnipresent in national security strategies and on international institutions’ agendas, political ...

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and a time to take stock of progress, and setbacks towards open and gender-inclusive science.

Zawadi Delphine is a soldier's wife and mother of three who lives in Camp Katindo, east of the city of Goma and who believes ...

The price of not providing equitable grant-based, public climate finance will be economic losses, health impacts, increased ...